{"product_id":"honeckers-children-9780719074110","title":"Honeckers Children","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the shifting identities and state loyalties of young people in East(ern) Germany during a unique period straddling the last decade of the GDR and the first decade of united Germany. It provides insight into the functioning of the GDR state, the process of German unification and the formation of national and regional identities. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of tables and graphs\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eList of abbreviations and terms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Honecker’s Germany: a world of the past?   1\u003cbr\u003eEastern identity in the wake of the GDR                             4\u003cbr\u003eFrameworks: defining the GDR in the 1980s                      9\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up under Honecker                                            14\u003cbr\u003eResearching young behaviours                                       20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The parameters of patriotism                                       31\u003cbr\u003eNation and state                                                               32\u003cbr\u003eGermany: problematic patriotisms                                    36\u003cbr\u003eThe GDR’s patriotic programme                                       41\u003cbr\u003eConclusion                                                                       57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Young people of the 1980s: a generation of loyal patriots?      66\u003cbr\u003eThe foundations of identity: historical consciousness                   67\u003cbr\u003e‘Peace must be armed!’: protecting the fatherland                          76\u003cbr\u003e‘Educating hatred’: young people and the ‘imperialist’ West           88\u003cbr\u003eProletarian internationalism: the politics of solidarity                     101\u003cbr\u003eRooted in the present? Pride in the achievements of the GDR     112\u003cbr\u003eConclusion                                                                                     127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. October 1989 - October 1990: The rise and fall of a GDR identity          151\u003cbr\u003eReform and renewal: education and youth work during the Wende           155\u003cbr\u003eHope of a reformed socialism: 9 October - 9 November 1989                    160\u003cbr\u003eFrom socialism to scepticism: 9 November 1989 - 18 March 1990              164\u003cbr\u003eThe GDR becomes history: 18 March - 3 October 1990                              176\u003cbr\u003eConclusion                                                                                                    181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Civic loyalties in the wake of unification                                                                              189\u003cbr\u003eSocietal change and education in the absence of the blue shirt                                              191\u003cbr\u003eThe double burden of overcoming the past: historical consciousness in united Germany      195\u003cbr\u003eMilitary loyalties in the absence of the enemy                                                                          214\u003cbr\u003eInternational allegiances in a new world order                                                                        224\u003cbr\u003eUnited yet divided? Social, economic and political trends since the Wende                            234\u003cbr\u003eConclusion                                                                                                                                254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Conclusion: Death of the GDR: rebirth of an eastern identity?            278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTables                297\u003cbr\u003eGraphs              299\u003cbr\u003eBibliography      297\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037305897303,"sku":"9780719074110","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719074110.jpg?v=1750935259","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/honeckers-children-9780719074110","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}